We did it, y'all. I'm grateful to the many advocates whose years-long hustle birthed this moment of hope for humanity. To the organizers of teach-ins, builders of coalitions, writers of op-eds, crafters of strategy:. Thank you for moving the ground beneath policymakers' feet. 🧵.

What's the path forward for climate & clean energy policy?. Tune in to this symposium tomorrow, where a few of us will offer ideas for what comes next. Livestream link below. Climate panel starts at 11:20am.

If you're in DC and abundance-curious, you might like this panel & happy hour tomorrow evening. We'll discuss policies that would deliver abundance vs. those that would take us backwards, moderated by Claire Jones of the Financial Times (@senoj_erialc).

Today's vote spells anxiety & sickness for millions. But it's not over. Voters don't like it when politicians help the rich by axing affordable healthcare, groceries, & electricity. We'll fight this till we win. The GOP can wreak havoc, but they can't unbend the arc of history.

Crafting a plan for clean energy abundance requires precision, not abstraction. We need to add industrial policies, end parochial restrictions, & use the labor/equity ingredients of the "everything bagel.". To actually deliver abundance, let's differentiate between those needs.

Delay #5: Workforce shortages. Solution: Use policies that ensure fair wages for construction workers, which also support workforce retention in a tight labor market. Wage standards were also part of the IRA "everything bagel," given they advance both jobs & deployment goals.

Delay #4: Community opposition. Solution: Community Benefits Agreements offer a proven tool for clean energy developers to obtain community support for projects, & for community & labor groups to secure wins. The IRA "everything bagel" encouraged CBAs as a pro-building solution.

Delay #3: Rising local restrictions on clean energy. Solution: "Abundance" proponents are right that we must end these problematic policies. But the map of the policies — across red & blue states — suggests the core problem isn't progressive overreach, but transpartisan NIMBYism.

Delay #2: A 137-week wait to obtain a large power transformer, due to dependency on imports for 4 out of 5 transformers. Solution: Enact industrial policies that stimulate domestic transformer production, including new manufacturing investments & a public stockpiling system.

Delay #1: A 5-year wait for clean energy projects to connect to the electrical grid. Solution: Fill the regulatory void that has enabled an inefficient, piecemeal approach to transmission buildout. Require proactive, systemic transmission planning to slash the long lag time.

If labor & equity incentives aren't holding up clean energy projects, what is?. Here are 5 of the biggest sources of delay, according to clean energy developers themselves. Many of these delays point not to an excess of policymaking, but an absence.

Labor & equity incentives didn't deter clean energy firms from applying for up to 10x the available IRA funding. And post-IRA data show potential for a win-win-win: ~100GW of clean energy built, unprecedented clean energy union density, & 75% of $ going to low-income counties.

They taste good because they combine ingredients that go well together. The question — whether for bagels or policies — is, are we using congruent ingredients?. Clean energy, union jobs, & equitable investments — like garlic, onion, & poppy seeds — can indeed pair well together.

A common "abundance" critique of the IRA is that the law's core strategy — uniting climate, jobs, & justice goals — tries to do too much. Such "everything bagel" policymaking is said to slow clean energy deployment. But here's the thing about everything bagels: They taste good.

The article names broadly-backed remedies for 5 major clean energy delays. While some "abundance" fans call for policy rollbacks, fixing these delays often requires the opposite. Here's the link. Come for the policy debate. Stay for the bagel metaphors.

The "abundance" debate has been long on narrative, but short on precise solutions. What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?. In many cases, it'd mean more policy, not less — despite some "abundance" claims. My piece in @heatmap_news has examples:🧵

Despite some "abundance" claims, many clean energy delays point not to an excess of policymaking, but an absence. I lay out a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance in this new piece for @heatmap_news. In many cases, we need more policy, not less.

RT @heatmap_news: "The data suggests that clean energy growth, union jobs, and equitable investments — like garlic, onion, and sesame seeds….

The Trump admin offers pro-manufacturing pablum while gutting funding for actual manufacturers.

RT @arindube: Punish the poor by taking away their healthcare while giving tax cuts to the wealthy. Absolutely brutal CBO analysis of GOP….

America: We want cheap energy. And more manufacturing. And good jobs. House GOP: What if, and hear us out, we got rid of those things but gave some nice tax breaks to the rich?.